WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said Russia planned to retaliate against Ukraine for its surprise attack over the weekend, after speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone for more than an hour today.

“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields,” Trump said in a statement on social media. He described their exchange as a “good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.” The post later disappeared from the site without explanation.

Trump did not say in the statement if he sought to discourage Putin from attacking Ukraine. He rather expressed optimism over the prospect of working with Putin on another foreign policy priority: deterring Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

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